Improvement in feed-bags for horses



WALTEE AfEoUeH, oE SOUTHA BUTLER, NEW YORK.

` .g IIVIPRVQVEMENT IN, FEED-BAGS FOR HORSES.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 112,458, dated March 7,v 1871.

\ To all lwhom fitrmay concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. EUGH; of

' South Butler, in thef county of' Wayne and State ofNew York, have invented afnew and useful Improvement in Feed-Bags for Horses 54 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make l and use the same, reference being had to the ,accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in feed-bags for horses; and consists in` making the bag self-supplying by means of one or more reservoirs, the dischargeorices of which reservoirs `are closed by a `valve or valves, the construction being as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a sectional frontview, showing the bag as attached to the horses head and in use.

. Fig. 2 is also a sectional front view, showing the bag detached, and with the discharge-oriiices ofthe reservoir closed by the bottom of the bag, which is made to serve as a valve for that purpose.

Similar letters of` reference indicate corresponding parts. s

A is the bag proper, or place for the horses nose. B B are the reservoirs, into which the grain is introduced. These reservoir-tubes communicate with A, so as to discharge the grain intothe bottom ofthe bag through the orifices C C, as seen inl Fig. l. Y

Dis the bottom portion of the bag, which, when the bag is not in use andl the reservoirs B B contain grain., `may be pushed' upward inside, so as to close the orifices C C, as seen in Fig. 2. Any other suitable device may be employed for closing'the connection ofthe reservoir with the bag A. A

The upper ends of the reservoirs are provided with valvular covers, each consisting of two longitudinal sections of a hollow cone, as seen at E E, one of which is represented as closed and the other open.

. F is the strap by which the bag is secured tothe horses head. The ends of this strap are attached to the outer portions of the conilcal covers, and'pass through the inner por-4 p tions, as seen, so that the weight of the bagv will serve to draw the parts ot' the cover together and close them.

This feed-bag may be made of leather, canvas, or other suitable material, or of differentmaterials combined, as may be found advisable. The advantages of this mode of constructing feed-bags are many, and must be obvious toall.

Havin gthus described'myinvention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent- 1. The feed-bag consisting of the parts A and B, arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. The strap F, in combination with the reservoir-tubes B B, provided With the valvular covers E E, arranged to operate as shown and described.

W. A. HOUGH. Witnesses: A

VIELE MEAD, JOHN MCGONIGAL. 

